Elderly couple found dead in Lower Providence ID'd

Lower Providence Police, Montgomery County Detectives and the Montgomery County Coroner were all called to a home in the first block of North Trooper Road in Lower Providence Township after a couple was found dead Jan. 24. (Photo by Tom Kelly IV/Daily Local News)

LOWER PROVIDENCE ó The elderly couple found deceased in their home on North Trooper Road in January has been identified by the Montgomery County Coronerís Office.

Salvatore C. Fazio, 86, and his wife, Shirley J. Fazio, 81, were found in their home on Friday, Jan. 24, after the county Office of Aging and Adult Services called police. The coroner said an autopsy determined the couple died of natural causes.

An investigation into what caused the coupleís death, carried out by the Lower Providence police and the Montgomery County Detective Bureau, has been closed. It was determined by authorities that the couple had last been seen outside their home in early December of 2013.